Road Safety Initiatives at the International Transport Forum : IRTAD 2016 annual report Zero Road Deaths and Serious Injuries Report Safer City Streets Initiatives TRB Annual Meeting Joint IRTAD / NHTSA Session on Analysis of international safety data Tuesday 10 January 2017

1. IRTAD

2. 2016 Annual Report on Road Safety

3. Safer City Streets

4. New report of ITF on the Safe System

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• Permanent working group under the umbrella of

ITF and OECD

• Network of experts, representing key road safety

stakeholders

• Mission

–Networking for road safety professionals

–World standard road safety database

–Data analysis

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IRTAD

IRTAD-LAC

IRTAD 80 members or observers from 40 countries

The database includes validated data from 32 countries

IRTAD 2016 Annual Report

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http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/road-

safety-annual-report-2016_irtad-2016-en

IRTAD 2016 Report – Key Messages

• Since 2010, fatalities decreased in all countries except

Chile and Argentina

• Between 2010 and 2014 fatalities decreased by 8.8% in

IRTAD countries.

• Strongest decrease in Norway, Greece, Portugal, Spain

• 5 countries achieved fatality rates of three or less deaths per

100 000 inhabitants in 2014: Iceland, Sweden, the

United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland.

• At the other end of the scale, the rate was 12.3 in the worst

performing IRTAD member and 26 per 100 000 among

IRTAD observers

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Evolution in the number of road deaths 2010-2015

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2010-2014 2010-2015

Fatalities per 100 000 population (2014)

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IRTAD 2016 annual report - Key Messages

• The number of 65+ fatalities increased in 16

countries

– Ageing of the population

• Cyclist fatalities increased in 17 (out of 32

countries)

– More cycling, emergence of e-bikes, more senior cycling

• Pedestrian fatalities increased in 10 countries

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Road fatalities: 2015 in comparison to 2014

The positive trend faltered in

2015 when the number of road deaths increased in at least 19

countries.

Road fatalities: 1st Semester of 2016 vs 1st Semester of 2015 NL and UK, Jan – March

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IRTAD and the Cities has become Safer City Streets

• A solution to better collect and analyse road safety data

• A key to design and evaluate policies

• Main features:

– A network of experts

– A global database

– The support of IRTAD,

a long-established

database and network

of experts at national

level

Launch event during Habitat III

Miguel Mancera, Mayor of Mexico

Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for

Road Safety

Safer City Streets the global traffic safety network for liveable cities

• 17 cities already

involved

Population ranging

500,000 to 12m

New York

Bogotá

São Paulo

Buenos Aires

Dublin London Paris

Barcelona Rome

Berlin

Warsaw

Copenhagen

Stockholm Amsterdam Brussels

Auckland

Melbourne

9 cities have

provided

data

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The four principles of a Safe System

1. People make mistakes that can lead to road

crashes

2. The human body has a limited physical ability

to tolerate crash forces before harm occurs

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Four Principles of a Safe System (cont’d)

3. A shared responsibility exists amongst those

who design, build, manage and use roads and

vehicles and provide post-crash care to prevent

crashes resulting in serious injury or death

4. All parts of the system must be strengthened

to multiply their effects; and if one part fails,

road users are still protected.

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Traditional road safety policy

Safe System

What is the problem?

All crashes fatal and serious injury crashes

What is the appropriate goal?

Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries

Zero fatalities and serious injuries

What are the major planning approaches?

Reactive to incidents Incremental approach to reduce the problem

Proactively target and treat risk Systematic approach to build a safe road system

What causes the problem?

Non-compliant road users

People make mistakes and are physically fragile. Inconsistent guidance to users from varying quality of infrastructure and operating speeds.

Who is ultimately responsible?

Individual road users Shared responsibility by individuals with system designers

How does the system work?

Isolated interventions

Combination of elements to produce a summary effect greater than the sum of the individual treatments

“Zero Road Deaths” study wins International Road Safety Award

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6TH IRTAD INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE: MARRAKESH

(Morocco), 11 13 October 2017

Call for papers in February

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Thank You veronique.feypell@itf-oecd.org